Dark wooden armchair with wooden rectangular back
Key details
- Object number
- 3.4507
- Date
- 1750 to 1760
- On display
- Yes
- Object number
- 3.4507
- Date
- 1750 to 1760
- On display
- Yes
Description
A dark wooden armchair, with whole wooden rectangular back, with panelled splat, on whole wooden seat. With two armrests, slightly concave, on squared legs joined all around by squared streatchers.
With metal plaque on the back inscribed 'This chair belonged to William Burnes and Agnes Broun, parents of the poet Robert Burns, it was gifted to their niece Margret Hutchison, on the occasion of her marriage to Henry Couan, Half-Merkland, Dalrymple, 1770'.
Seat has been carved with initials 'M D'.
Object information
Category
Material
Measurements
- Depth: 49(cm)
- Height: 93(cm)
- Width: 60(cm)
Themes
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